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enCopyright 2014Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:27:37 +0000http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssDEFOI Women Leadership training The IUF and Dairy Employees' Federation of India organized a 2 day women's leadership training programme in December 2013. The programme aimed at equipping women, about 64% of whom are precarious workers, with the tools to be more vocal at their workplace and in their unions. ]]>http://www.iuf.org/women/2014/01/defoi_women_leadership_trainin_1.html
http://www.iuf.org/women/2014/01/defoi_women_leadership_trainin_1.htmlThu, 16 Jan 2014 10:27:37 +0000 SACCAWU calls for action against violenceSACCAWU supports the calls for action to eliminate gender based violence against women. SACCAWU stands in solidarity with the millions of women and gender activists who are taking a stand against the increasing levels of violence against women and Children on this day.
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http://www.iuf.org/women/2013/03/_saccawu_calls_for_action_agai_1.htmlFri, 08 Mar 2013 12:26:13 +0000Safe at home and safe at work In 2010, the Australian government established the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010-2022. The plan provides prevention measures, support and “creative ways of bringing about change”.

The Women’s Committee of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, ACTU, is taking an active part in combating domestic violence of which hundreds of thousands of women are victims every year. The Women’s Committee encourages unions to raise awareness about the domestic violence and to take it up as a collective bargaining issue. ACTU has also pronounced itself in favour of legislation that makes domestic violence an industrial issue.

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http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/03/we_want_you_to_be_safe_at_home.htmlViolenceMon, 19 Mar 2012 14:09:13 +0000First woman shop steward in the beverage workers union in Togo
ABA EKLU Abokovi Akouvi is working at a mineral water plant 55 km from Lomé. In December 2011, she became the first woman shop steward in the history of the beverage workers union SYNTEB
The union hopes that this election will stimulate more women to become active and take up union positions with the support of the women’s project activities.]]>http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/03/first_woman_shop_steward_in_th.html
http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/03/first_woman_shop_steward_in_th.htmlNews from affiliatesTue, 13 Mar 2012 16:00:15 +0000Maternity Convention ratified by BeninIUF affiliates in Benin have not missed one opportunity to push for the ratification of the ILO Convention 183 on Maternity protection. They are therefore very happy to announce that their efforts have been successful: on January 10, 2012, Benin became the 23rd country to ratify this important convention.
The IUF national women’s coordination committees in other African countries are continuing their struggle to get their respective governments to take the same move.
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http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/03/maternity_convention_ratified.htmlWork-life balanceTue, 13 Mar 2012 14:18:19 +00008th March celebrations in Tanzania
Members of the IUF national women's coordination committee preparing for joining the march

International women's Day celebrations at Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar es Salaam

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http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/03/march_8_celebrations_in_tanzan.htmlInternational Women's DayTue, 13 Mar 2012 13:41:36 +0000Australia: Historic gender pay decision narrows pay gapFair Work Australia has found in favour of the Australian Services Union in a claim for 150,000 community workers in Australia. The decision will raise the pay of mainly female workers by 40 to 65 per cent over the coming eight years.]]>http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/02/australia_historic_gender_pay.html
http://www.iuf.org/women/2012/02/australia_historic_gender_pay.htmlPay equitySat, 04 Feb 2012 04:22:12 +0000India: Women dairy workers form action committee to fight discrimination and precarious employment

On 2 July 2011, delegates to the National Conference of Women Dairy Workers reported that women workers in the world’s largest dairy industry face wage discrimination, excessive working hours, increased night work, denial of opportunities for promotion, precarious employment, and access to even the most basic facilities such as separate toilets and changing rooms.

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http://www.iuf.org/women/2011/07/india_women_dairy_workers_form.htmlNews from affiliatesMon, 04 Jul 2011 16:19:30 +0000Workplaces free from sexual harassment and violence
For all our women members in the hotel and restaurant sector around the world it is reassuring to see that in a unionized hotel in New York, the right to a workplace free from sexual harassment is taken seriously. ]]>http://www.iuf.org/women/2011/05/workplaces_free_from_sexual_ha.html
http://www.iuf.org/women/2011/05/workplaces_free_from_sexual_ha.htmlSexual harassmentFri, 27 May 2011 15:25:41 +0000Young women leaders in CTSWF trained

On May 14-15, the IUF AP and CTSWF Women's Committee held a May Day Seminar and Training in Basic Trade Unionism in Phnom Penh.

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http://www.iuf.org/women/2011/05/young_women_leaders_in_ctswf_t.htmlTraining & educationThu, 26 May 2011 17:22:31 +0000Pia Stalpaert first woman president of CSC Alimentation et ServicesOn March 18, retiring president Louis De Prins was succeeded by Pia Stalpaert in the leadership of the Belgian food & services union, CSC Alimentation et Servies. Pia is the first woman president of the union.

At the EFFAT Congress in 2009, Pia was elected as a member of the EFFAT Management Committee and in November 2010 as a chair of its Women's Committee. She has been actively involved in defending domestic workers' rights both through her union and in the ILO discussions on a Convention for domestic workers. Read more about the organizing experiences of CSC Alimentation et Services in the previous article.

As the trade union responsible for the domestic service sector, the food and service workers’ union, CSC-Alimentation & Services, has always striven to defend the interests of domestic workers. Domestic workers today do not always have the same rights as other workers. Among key actions to improve their status, the following are of particular note:

Women members from the local Coca Cola plant affiliated to the National Federation of Food Beverage and Tobacco Workers, were among the 2000 women who participated in the March 8 rally in Karachi, Pakistan. The rally was organized jointly by trade unions, incl the IUF Pakistan office, NGOs and Human Rights organizations.